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Weekday disruption on rail route
Continuing work on the Trans-Pennine line upgrade will mean diverted journeys between
From Monday to Friday (October 21-25) and on weekdays on four subsequent weeks, there will be no trains linking Huddersfield or Leeds with Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley, Morley and Cottingley, only replacement buses. Deighton and Mirfield will have usual train stops on the two-hourly daytime service between Manchester Piccadilly and York via Huddersfield and Wakefield Kirkgate, but will also have bus replacement of Leeds-bound journeys. Some bus replacement stops on this route are at a considerable walking distance from the stations and the bus journeys will take much longer than the usual train journey, particularly in peak traffic.
Express services will operate between Leeds and Huddersfield non-stop via Wakefield. The longer diversion route will mean that TransPennine Express services from Saltburn-by-the-Sea will not run to Manchester Airport. Trains will call at Huddersfield but will terminate at Manchester Victoria. A replacement bus service is planned from Huddersfield via Stockport to Manchester Airport.
Newcastle to Liverpool trains will also use the diversion between Leeds and Huddersfield. TransPennine Express services from Hull will terminate at Leeds.
Northern services which normally operate via stations from Leeds to Mirfield then Brighouse and the Calder Valley route to Manchester Victoria and Wigan will be diverted via stops at Bradford Interchange and Halifax to resume their usual route at Sowerby Bridge. A rail replacement bus service will operate to stations between Leeds and Brighouse then to Halifax to reconnect with trains. Brighouse will also have its usual train service from Huddersfield via Halifax to Bradford Interchange.
Grand Central services between Bradford and London King's Cross with stops including Halifax, Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield Kirkgate should not be affected by the work.
Journey times between Huddersfield and Leeds will be increased considerably from usual times of under 20 minutes — diverting express trains will take around 41-45 minutes, replacement buses stopping only at Dewsbury will take around 1 hour 5 minutes, while all-stops replacement buses will take 1 hour 29 minutes. Choosing an alternative train route of Huddersfield to Leeds changing at Halifax would take around 1 hour 7 minutes while the Leeds to Huddersfield journey changing at Bradford Interchange would take around 1 hour 1 minute.
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City burns bright fusing arts and light for two short nights
Light Night Leeds is an annual arts event where city landmarks are transformed into illuminated artworks accompanied by music, dance and street performances.
There are no charges for its visitors, although they will have the opportunity to buy a £2 guide which aims to make a profit to help support future Light Nights.
As usual, Light Night Leeds involves a trail around several zones around the city centre to see the extensive display of around 50 light installations. The event is now in its 20th year and will be accompanied once again by street food and torch stalls around the city centre.
Road closures will disrupt several bus routes into the city centre on both evenings.
Leeds City Council has set up a
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Illuminations at Whitby Abbey
The event runs through Halloween on October 31 and closes during the Whitby Goth Weekend which is being held between November 1 and 3.
The abbey ruins were an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula and the landmark's gothic splendour is being lit up from 6pm to 9pm each night, this year with the theme "If these Stones could talk".
Details and prices for entry tickets can be found at this English Heritage - Illuminated Abbey web page.
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Off the Shelf in Sheffield
The Off the Shelf Festival of Words started on October 7 and involves dozens of live events over the four weeks, featuring international and local literary talent.
The festival is hosted by the University of Sheffield, supported by the Sheffield Hallam University, with events taking place at more than 40 venues, including at both universities, at the Millennium Gallery in the city centre and other venues in the Sheffield area.
Further details can be found at the
The Off the Shelf FestivalSheffield
70th anniversary year for Yorkshire's newest National Park
The
The park's original 684 square miles were originally within the boundaries of historic Yorkshire's West and North Ridings, but after those boundaries had themselves been frayed by Government changes, the park boundaries were also extended in 2016 from following the old county boundary to include areas of Lancashire and what was then Cumbria, now Westmorland and Furness. The National Park now stretches across 841 square miles.
Among the natural attractions to discover in the Yorkshire Dales are Yorkshire's mountain peaks, beautiful river valleys, attractive villages and some of the finest limestone scenery in the UK. We celebrate some of these in our latest selection of pictures on our
Yorkshire Dales Pictures
Overnight closures on M62 until end of October
Carriageway resurfacing will be taking place on the four-mile stretch of motorway between Junction 25 at Clifton, the junction for
The work will involve closing one carriageway or slip road at a time with work beginning with the westbound carriageway at Junction 25. Overnight closures will be between 8pm and 6am, involving traffic being diverted off the motorway when work on the carriageway is taking place.
A schedule of which carriageways are involved in the M62 closures near Huddersfield can be found on this page at National HIghways
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Marvellous museums
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